In Chicago, President Obama Makes A Push For SCOTUS Nominee

By Lauren Chooljian
President Barack Obama speaks about the new rules aimed at deterring tax inversions, Tuesday, April 5, 2016, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington.
Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP
President Barack Obama speaks about the new rules aimed at deterring tax inversions, Tuesday, April 5, 2016, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington.
Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP

In Chicago, President Obama Makes A Push For SCOTUS Nominee

By Lauren Chooljian
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President Barack Obama is scheduled to be back in Chicago Thursday to push his pick for the Supreme Court. Obama will lead a discussion at the University of Chicago Law School with students and faculty. 

A White House official says the president will make the case for why Judge Merrick Garland deserves a fair hearing and up or down vote in the Senate. Many Republicans say they want the next president to choose the Supreme Court nominee instead.